Greece: MP spared jail over call to attack immigrants

GREEK neonazi MP Ilias Kasidiaris received a six-month suspended sentence on Thursday for hate speech and incitement of violence against immigrants.
An Athens misdemeanours court convicted Mr Kasidiaris, spokesman for the Golden Dawn party, over a speech posted online by supporters in 2011.
In it, he referred to immigrants as “human garbage” and called on residents of a low-income area near Athens to take direct action against foreign criminals.
The prosecution said his comments had “openly urged citizens to take the law into their own hands and use violence.”
Mr Kasidiaris claimed that he... read more

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